39. Behind the Mask

(Faye)

My heart was banging in my chest. For a second, everything around me shook, and I saw two of everything.

The phone slipped from my fingers as I saw Ezra running out from the kitchen, his hands white with flour, his face pale and bloodless. He looked at me, his eyes wide and worried.

My ears were ringing so loudly I couldn't hear anything he said.

I knew only one thing. I needed to go.

"Wait, don't shift yet. Just take a deep breath and now tell him what happened. You have to. And you have to stop panicking." Remi said with a shake of her head. "Faye... you listening to me?"

"Yes, yes. I am."

I could finally hear and breathe.

"Lili..." I muttered under my breath and he gasped.

"No, what? Where is she? She was just playing right there, and she wanted cookies. I was just making cookies for her."

Nobody, nobody came to our neck of the woods. We had been safe here for years, and then the prince found it. And now these two dragons... My body shook once again, but I knew now was not t